Site Management Lead

IQVIA LLC; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

IQVIA is seeking a Site Management Lead to oversee site monitoring and risk-based approaches for global clinical trials in Frankfurt. You will manage trial-level planning, oversight, and CRO performance, ensuring patient safety and data integrity across regions.

The role requires a seasoned CRA background with Lead responsibilities, deep regulatory knowledge, and ability to drive issue resolution and trial execution to meet milestones.

Qualifikationen

• University degree in life sciences or related field.
• At least five years of relevant clinical operations experience.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Deep knowledge of ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements and risk-based monitoring.
• Profound CRA background with Lead level CRA responsibilities and some exposure to Clinical Trial Management.
• Proven ability to manage complex trials across regions and vendors.

Aufgaben

• Lead planning of trial quality and risk monitoring/mitigation.
• Develop and implement operational Site Monitoring & Oversight plans.
• Deliver training and guidance to CT Managers and CRAs.
• Independently author and review trial-level documents.
• Act as subject matter expert on site management and monitoring topics.
• Join and present at global/regional/local Trial Team meetings.

Kenntnisse

Fluent English

Leadership

ICH-GCP knowledge

Lead CRA responsibilities

Clinical Trial Management exposure

Vendor management

Ausbildung

University degree in life sciences

Jobbeschreibung

IQVIA Clinical Functional Service Partnerships (Clinical FSP) department is providing highly skilled professionals to our client’s project team to set-up and execute clinical trials. Site Management Lead is a key member of global Clinical Trial Team nominated to a specific trial. The STLs are accountable for authoring the monitoring risk assessments and plans, maintaining sponsor oversight, trend analysis, signal detection and delivery of their assigned trials to provide delivery of sponsor´s pipeline through accurate planning and efficient execution of the Site Monitoring and Site Management portion in trials that bring speed & value to participating subjects and sites. The Site Management Lead provides Site Monitoring expertise to and consults the Trial Team, leads and oversees the implementation of the Site Monitoring & Oversight approach and activities as part of overall clinical trial quality management. The role contributes to the overall success and delivery of their assigned clinical trials according to defined milestones and key performance indicators. The SML is responsible for managing the trial level planning, implementation, issue management, and oversight of the Site Monitoring activities of a trial as assigned, to safeguard the protection of the trial subject, reliability of the trial results, compliance with study protocol, sponsor obligations, ICH-GCP and applicable regulations and manages inspection readiness at all times.

Main Responsibilities

Trial Preparation

• Lead planning of trial quality and risk monitoring/mitigation.
• Accountable for development and implementation of operational Site Monitoring & Oversight plans.
• Deliver training and guidance to CT Managers and CRAs.
• Independently author and review trial-level documents.
• Act as subject matter expert on site management and monitoring topics.
• Join and presents at global/regional/local Trial Team meetings and Investigator Meetings.
• Integrate patient/site level feedback to the documents ensuring design with a focus on the patient and patient safety.
• Represent monitoring strategy in global/regional/local meetings.
• Timely responses to Site Management and monitoring questions from external and internal stakeholders (including Regulatory Authority/Ethics Committee).
• Facilitate communication and direction with Clinical Trial Leaders, Clinical Operations Coordinators, CT Managers and CRAs.

Trial Conduct

• Independently oversee CRO performance and adherence to ICH-GCP and SOPs.
• Drive issue management and resolution at trial level.
• Proactively identify trial and site level risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Maintain and update Site Monitoring plan and trial-level documents to ensure and maintain Risk-based Site Monitoring approach for the trial
• Conduct oversight visits and ensure follow-up actions.
• Lead preparation and implementation of trial document amendments and retraining.
• Provide strategic communication and training.
• Communication with Clinical Trial Leaders, Clinical Operations Coordinators, CT Managers and CRAs, perform re-training etc.
• Participate, prepare input and (co-) lead Trial Oversight Meetings (country and trial level) and contribute to the timely responses to questions from external and internal stakeholders (including Regulatory Authority/ Ethics Committee).

Trial Close-out

• Coordinate timely cleaning and delivery of clinical trial data with Trial Team and countries.
• Support compilation and review of the quality section for the clinical trial report for site monitoring activities.

Qualifications and Requirements

• University degree in life sciences or related field OR equivalent professional education with extensive experience in clinical operations and site monitoring required.
• At least five years of relevant clinical operations experience.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Deep knowledge of ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and risk-based monitoring.
• Profound CRA background with Lead level CRA responsibilities, combined with initial exposure to selected tasks in Clinical Trial Management.
• Initial experience in portions of Clinical Trial Management.
• Proven ability to manage complex trials across regions and vendors.
• Demonstrates AAI approach in leading and decision-making.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere.

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